Class of 1934
With snow, hail, sleet, and wintry blasts in the air, I'm not greatly moved to write a column which will appear in the balmy month of May. But the still small voice says, "carry on," so here goes an attempt at flowers and sunshine in the middle of a raging blizzard.
In connection with the epochal Cunningham mile at Hanover, word breaks through that Bob Webb, who is now sports editor for the Boston office of the United Press, got a scoop for which he received telegraphic praise from his chief. Fully confident that a record would be achieved, he wrote his story completely in advance, leaving only Cunningham's time to be filled in, and raced to Western Union with his story in the margin of a few minutes which is all that is necessary to beat the other news services at an evening hour.
From Bill Wilson in Rochester comes word of his recent engagement to Miss Josephine Sands of Attica, N. Y., the wedding to take place on about the Ides of April. Bill says that they aim to establish themselves in their community as worthy citizens who eat eggs for breakfast, go to the movies occasionally, and vote the Republican ticket, come hell or
high water. Bill also sends word of the engagement of Miss Evelyn J. Eddy of Bridgeport, Conn., to Dr. Joseph B. Furst, who is also with Strong Memorial Hospital.
Tom Hicks will be married to Miss Jean Thackeray on Saturday, May 7 Because of this most worthy undertaking, Tom is relinquishing for this year the job which he has performed with such out-standing success for the past three years . . . . that of class agent for the Alumni Fund. In his stead will be his former first lieutenant, David Henry Callaway, who will work out of New York with as sharp a collection of operators as have ever been banded together. Watch well for their pronouncements, and, if you will, dig deep into your jeans in sympathy with their motives.
More nuptial activities: Leon Lindheim writes that on February 11 last he and Miss Isabelle Klein announced their engagement, the wedding to take place in late June following Miss Klein's graduation from Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University. Leon, has not found it possible to visit Hanover since Commencement and is looking forward to spending his first wedding anniversary at the 1939 reunion. Meanwhile, he says, he will continue to put Prof. Leffler's banking into practice under the supervision of the F D I C.
One of Chicago's comparatively recent emigrants to New York was Dick Compton, now with the New York office of the publishers' representatives for the Chicago Daily News. With him he brought his bride of two summers, the former Miss Eleanor Moats, Mt. Holyoke '34, to whom he was introduced in undergraduate days by Bob Brown and whom he married in August, 1936.
Incidentally, aforementioned Bob Brown was recently seen in the great Winchell's column. It seems that Bob, who writes for Editor and Publisher, arranged with Danton Walker, the News (N. Y.) hotspot columnist, to tour the night clubs and gather the material for a story on how an after-dark reporter works. The evening, which lasted from 8 to 5, a good day's work indeed, managed to include about all the music-and-gin dens from the Village to the swingy fifties, with a dash of such geographical offshoots as Jack Dempsey's and the Glass Hat on the side. Packed into this concentrated roundelay were chummy introductions to Ben Bernie, Eleanor Powell, Bill Robinson, Bob Ripley, and especially Gertrude Niesen. Bob said the glory of the occasion could not be diminished even by Mr. Winchell, who, a few days later, took him to some task for placing 53d St.'s Stork Club on 53d St. and for attributing to Walter an anecdote which had sprung from the equally fertile mind of Cholly Knickerbocker.
J. Edward Marceau has been studying in the University of Michigan Dental School since graduation. Last fall he had the highest average in the senior class, and largely on that basis was elected to Phi Kappa Phi, honorary scholastic fraternity. "Now he has a new decoration forhis vest chain," comments Prof. Mathew son,". . . . or perhaps his fiancee will add that to everything she has taken."
Making financial preparations for a summer's vacation in France is Rutgers' Ted Germann. But at the same time making mental preparations for a qualifying examination in German, Ted perspiringly writes that college was never like this.
A long-lost rover recently accounted for is Sol Jacobson, whose post-Dartmouth activities are recounted in his own words: "Since I left Dartmouth five years ago I've been pretty busy. I departed to do work for the Hedgerow Theatre, a repertory outfit in Rose Valley, Pa., near Philly. I did their publicity and some acting on the side. However, I feel that as an actor I'd make a good press agent, and probably my boss feels just the oppoite on this score.
"Anyway I did some national work for the Hedgerow, and did their publicity as well as acted and shifted scenery on two cross-continental tours. Well, not quite cross-continental. We never got any further west than Hays, Kansas, and we played into more tank towns than I knew existed. Twenty-six states in all for two seasons. I left the Hedgerow in 1936, two years ago. Did publicity for some peace groups in Philadelphia and then got back into the theatre. I worked in Philly for Alex Yokel. This year I came to New York, and am now working for the Shuberts on their musicals.
"En route three years ago I married a Bennington College girl, Barbara Scott, who worked with me at the Hedgerow. We now have a daughter, who will be two in June and who is registered for Bennington.
"Forgot to mention that I worked up in New Hampshire last summer at Whitefield, handling publicity for a summer theatre, the Forty Niners.
"That just about brings me up to date, except that I meet my roommate Alan Hewitt in Shubert Alley occasionally and kick myself for not having stuck to acting. One has to eat, I think, but then I look at Alan and he is pretty well-fed. I'm working on some plays in my spare time, and hope some day to inveigle an unwary producer into staging one.
"I'm a lousy press agent, I guess, Marty. Here I haven't mentioned the name of my show even once and I'm not going to either, just to test my will power."
Jerry Danzig's new capacity is commercial program manager of WOR Stan Silverman is now associated with the Herald-Nathan Press, direct advertising and printing in New York. Stan is manager of the Creative Department, in charge of all creation Dan Schuyler announces that he is engaged in the practice of law with the firm of Schuyler & Hennessey in Chicago Buster Snow works for the Air Reduction Sales Company in New York Henny Allen is with Consolidated Laundries Corporation, New York.
Odyssey of one Don Bunting: "Mainlinered (copyrighted by United Airlines)from Frisco to Newark in June, 1937, andstarted to work in the U A L operationsoffice at Newark. Last fall I transferredto the Meteorology Department as a station meteorologist (same place), where Istill am at this writing. Last February 21I took the big leap and married MissMarjorie White of Trenton."
A 1 Jacobson claims that on his trip to Hanover at Carnival, he and the missus had a fine time despite the scarcity of snow. He saw "Harvard Med" Bob Smith and also Stan Neill, who wasn't raving about the condition of the wool market, with which he has a Boston connection. Jake also says that Russ Ireland, who reports himself and family in the best of health, has of late become a photograph bug.
Jake is the latest one to ask where Maury O'Connor has disappeared to. The last time he was seen was the 1935 Yale game, from which he was planning to head back to Washington to pursue his law studies and FBI work. I wonder whether anybody has recently looked under the seats at the Yale Bowl.
And next month we will have what Somerset Maugham calls a "Summing Up" .... a little statistical presentation such as was offered a couple of years ago on such homely subjects as marriages, children, and grandchildren. If you have changed your job or your marital status or your make of car lately, and haven't checked in at headquarters, you'd better get busy or your story will be omitted, or else will be hobbling with old age.
MERCERSBURG MEMORIAL TO BOB MICHELET '34 The bronze statue which is a part of the Dr. Irvine Memorial Seat at Mercersburg Academy was done by Dr. Tate Mackenzie. It is the gift of Bob's father, Simon Michelet Esq.,of Washington, D. C. Bob Michelet died in Dick's House, March 14, 1934—a few monthsbefore graduation and entering Oxford as Rhodes Scholar. His portrait hangs in theTower Room of Baker Library as a memorial by his undergraduate friends.
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